单词 | simmon beer |
释义 | > as lemmassimmon beer The fruit of the American persimmon tree, Diospyros virginiana; (also) the tree itself. Frequently as a modifier, esp. in simmon beer. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > beer > [noun] > flavoured beer buttered beer1532 wormwood-beer1603 molasses ale1700 molasses beer1742 simmon beera1804 framboise1980 a1804 J. Boucher Absence in J. Hunter & J. Stevenson Boucher's Gloss. Archaic & Provinc. Words (1832) p. l/1 Brown linen shirts, and cotton jackets wear, Or only wring-jaw drink, and 'simmon beer. 1834 Knickerbocker Mag. 3 36 They seemed to me to fall just as fast as if I was shakin down 'simmons. 1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) s.v. ‘The longest pole knocks down the 'simmons.’ 1881 Harper's Mag. Apr. 729/2 An' pleased they wuz ter see it—pleased as boys in 'simmon-time. 1883 P. M. Hale Woods & Timbers N. Carolina 117 The basis of a beverage, by no means despicable, called 'Simmon Beer. 1909 ‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny xxi. 350 That's why you see me cake-walking with the ex-rebs to the illegitimate tune about 'simmon-seeds and cotton. 1945 B. A. Botkin Lay My Burden Down 66 'Simmon beer was good in the cold freezing weather too. 1949 Nat. Hist. May 223/1 According to song and story, most 'possum hunts end at the foot of a 'simmon tree. 2007 W. N. Letson in M. Melosi New Encycl. Southern Culture VIII. 265/2 This member of the ebony family is also called simmon or possumwood. < as lemmas |
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